Reports of these French people who change their life in the Algarve

<p>&amp;lbrack;vc&amp;lowbar;row&amp;rsqb;&amp;lbrack;vc&amp;lowbar;column&amp;rsqb;&amp;lbrack;vc&amp;lowbar;message message&amp;lowbar;box&amp;lowbar;color&amp;equals; "warning " icon&amp;lowbar;fontawesome&amp;equals; "fa fa-exclamation-triangle"&amp;rsqb;<b>However, we can only advise you to integrate as fully as possible into the Portuguese community&amp;period; Learn the language as quickly as possible and, above all, don't close yourself off from the French community &amp;lpar;as we can see in the report&amp;rpar;&amp;period; This integration is essential if your expatriation is to be a success&amp;period;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p><b>Statistics show that 1 in 2 French people return to France within 5 years&amp;period; of their arrival&amp;comma; for lack of integration and language skills&amp;period;<span class&equals;"apple-converted-space"> <&sol;span><&sol;b>&amp;lbrack;&amp;sol;vc&amp;lowbar;message&amp;rsqb;&amp;lbrack;vc&amp;lowbar;column&amp;lowbar;text&amp;rsqb;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<h1 data-fgtcs-crosslinks&equals;"contextuel">Reports of these French people who change their life in the Algarve<&sol;h1>&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"fig-content&lowbar;&lowbar;chapo" data-fgtcs-crosslinks&equals;"contextuel">TF1's magazine focuses on those who settle in the south of Portugal&amp;period;<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;<div class&equals;"fig-content&lowbar;&lowbar;body" data-component&equals;"fig-content-body" data-fgtcs-crosslinks&equals;"contextuel" data-fgtcs-articlelength&equals;"">&amp;NewLine;<p>Portugal is the new Eldorado for the French&amp;comma; many of whom move there every year&amp;period; If Lisbon is a particularly popular city&amp;comma; the Algarve region&amp;comma; in the south of the Peninsula&amp;comma; is just as popular&amp;period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tf1&period;fr&sol;tf1&sol;grands-reportages&sol;videos&sol;reportages-decouverte-23-juin-2018-nouvelle-vie-algarve&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><i>Reports<&sol;i>on TF1&amp;comma; followed several couples as they set up home there<&sol;a> &amp;lpar;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;ldsqhlli3hi">youtube link<&sol;a>&amp;rpar;&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;le-portugal&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">In Portugal<&sol;a>There's the sky&amp;comma; the sun and the sea..."particularly in the Algarve&amp;comma; in the south of the country&amp;period; a region considered to be the Lusitanian Côte d'Azur&amp;comma; where the weather is fine 300 days a year&amp;excl; it's only logical&amp;comma; that the French choose to settle there&amp;period; some 15,000 of them have left everything behind to settle there&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<h3>Their lives change dramatically<&sol;h3>&amp;NewLine;<p>Among them&amp;comma; Céline and Jean-Louis&amp;comma; who want to open a French bakery&amp;semi; Christophe and his family&amp;comma; who have ambitions to launch Portugal's first cabaret&amp;period; Or Stéphanie and David&amp;comma; initially owners of a funeral business&amp;period; who dream of buying a hotel&amp;period; All were charmed by the beauty of the place&amp;period; "Some discovered the region on vacation, while others saw reports on TV or in the newspapers&amp;period; Then&amp;comma; they fell in love with the sun&amp;comma; the friendliness of the locals and the sea&amp;comma; nearby&amp;period; The words that come back most often from their mouths&amp;comma; are &amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;douceur de vivre""&amp;comma; explains Brice Martinelli&amp;comma; who followed these families for nine months&amp;comma; from October 2017 to the end of May&amp;comma; in order to <i>Reports<&sol;i>&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>While there's a lot of talk these days about French people moving to Portugal because of the country's tax advantages&amp;comma; not all expatriates have the same motivation&amp;colon; "The people I've met come in search of sunshine and a new life&amp;comma; that's what's interesting"&amp;comma; he continues&amp;period; But this change of life isn't always as easy as it seems&amp;period; The documentary follows the settling in of each&amp;comma; with its joys and its disappointments&amp;period; "The downside of this sweetness of life&amp;comma; is a kind of &amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;nonchalance" in the work&amp;period; At the beginning&amp;comma; it's difficult&amp;comma; then everyone adapts to this new culture&amp;period;".<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>As the story unfolds&amp;comma; each of the businesses establishes itself and begins to operate&amp;colon; "They all moved to Portugal because they wanted to get off their feet&amp;period; In the end&amp;comma; they work like crazy&amp;excl;"&amp;comma; concludes the director&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<h3>Between tourism and authenticity<&sol;h3>&amp;NewLine;<p>The Algarve is renowned for its superb beaches and party-friendly resorts&amp;period; "In some of them&amp;comma; there are 90&amp;percnt; tourists"&amp;comma; explains the director&amp;period; However&amp;comma; the countryside is not far away&amp;colon; "In a few kilometers&amp;comma; you change scenery&amp;period; The hinterland has remained very typical with a real local culture&amp;period; That's what makes this region so charming"&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p><b> <&sol;b><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;tvmag&period;lefigaro&period;fr&sol;programme-tv&sol;reportages-au-coeur-de-ces-francais-qui-changent-de-vie-en-algarve&lowbar;bef59472-75fd-11e8-bf9f-db1afb45932a&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">source<&sol;a><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<&sol;div>&amp;NewLine;<p>&amp;lbrack;&amp;sol;vc&amp;lowbar;column&amp;lowbar;text&amp;rsqb;&amp;lbrack;&amp;sol;vc&amp;lowbar;column&amp;rsqb;&amp;lbrack;&amp;sol;vc&amp;lowbar;row&amp;rsqb;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;